Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-02-05

1t is evident that the great strike in New
York will soon be over. 1t will leave great
deal of sorrow and suffering
A Massachusetts, court has just given a
tenant damages against landlord who neg
lscted the premises leased this neglect caus-
ing sickness and death.
Paper is getting to be useful in many ways
not thought of once. This week cargo of
flour in paper barrels was delivered in New
York, and it is said there was great saving
of -four in the transportation, as there was
no loss through loose hoops or shrinkage in
the barrel staves
A correspondent asks US to explain the
meaning of "'long" and 'tshort" as these
terms are used in Wall street. We thought
everybody knew this. When man goes
ftlong' of stocks it is long time before he
has chance to get out even, and when he
goes ''short" it is but a short time before
they begin to ''twist the shorts''
The coyote is the enemy of the jack rab-
bit, and used to keep his numbers down.
But some years ago bounty was put on the
coyote in California, and he has since de-
creased and the jack rabbit increased, until
now the latter does great damage to vine
yards and orchards. It is, therefore, proposed
to take the bounty off of the coyote and put
it on the jack rabbit.
The bill to take the Derby railroad matter
out of the hands of the city which has been
introduced in the legislature should not be
passed. It is clearly intended to defeat the
carrying out of plan which is generally ac-
knowledged to be for tho interest of New
Haven and New Haven's business growth.
Is it intended also to deprive the inhabit-
ants of the Naugatuck valley of free access
to the Starin line of steamboats,
Of the 229 ''Friends" who died last year
in Great Britain and Ireland only % were
under five years of age; between 8 and 10
years there were deaths; between 10 and
20 years, 9; from 20 to 80 years the deaths
numbered 1S; from 80 to 40, IS; 40 to so
years, %; so to go years, 23; from 90 to 70
years, 81; from 20 to 80 years, "a; from 80
to 80 years, SO, and from 80 to 100 years, 10.
The low infantile mortality and the large
percentage of deaths at great ages are remark
One of the Texas legislators is anxious to
raise the pistol standard in his State He has
introduced a bill to punish by fine the manu-
faeture, importation and sale in the State of
a,pistol of less than A calibre. He holds
that man nit with A bullet in vita
spot has to curl up and die imme diately, and
therefore cannot continue to shoot and kill
his adversaries and innocent by ISLANDERS as
long as he has a cartridge. The Texas states
man also says that the A calibre is the reg
militia would know how to handle it to ad-
vantage. Aside from this the pistol itself is
nearly as long q corn-stalk and cannot be
concealed in the hip pocket, and men seeing
that others were well "heeled," and that the
one hit first would be the first to sscroak >,
would not be in hurry to get into a diff
Guilty.
It is somewhat generally believed that
shipbuilding is almost lost art in this coun-
try, but celebrated Philadelphia shipbuilder
does not think so. He says: The idea that
shipbuilding is lost art in this country is
absurd. do not know of anybody outside
of the free traders in congress and small
group of "English-you-know" officers in the
navy department who preach such doctrine
Within the last three years our firm has
built the two fastest steam yachts in the
world. do not say this in self gloriication.
Tt is well known fact. The Atalanta and
the Peerless are the fastest steam yachts